The totally speculative and equally futile 27 January product prediction thread

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BobJones

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With about a week to go to the 27 January product announcement, it's never too early to to start guessing about what is going to be announced by Apple.

So here goes.

Refreshed Mac Book Pros, with a new uber-Pro 17" model, price drop across the range. New polycarbonate high end model, current model price drop to $899 - all available 'February'.
Refreshed XServe and new Mac Pro - available today.
New iLife and iWork and roadmap for 10.7 (touch-enabled), and
one more thing - Touch screen iMac (Mac Touch?) coming in 'Spring'.

No iSlate - that will be 2011+, no iPhone OS or new iPhone, that is for mid-year.

Anyone with different ideas?
 
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Aperture 3, it's well overdue.

A high end, high rez, netbook size MBP, Sony TZ style (one can dream :eek:)
 
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Quadcore macbooks and mac minis...

iPhone OS refresh hopefully.
 
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BobJones said:
Touch screen iMac (Mac Touch?) coming in 'Spring'.
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You really think so? I guess it's possible but I can't see the point personally.

The way the iMac sits would make it annoying to use and who wants finger smudges all over their screen?
 
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icyrus said:
The way the iMac sits would make it annoying to use and who wants finger smudges all over their screen?
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Maybe aimed at kids? In the Apple Stores here in London, they have a few iMacs on low tables, where kids play with them. I could see this working in conjunction with games/educational apps. Not that I favour the idea, but who ever though the iPod was going to be a success? :)
 
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Aqua_lung said:
Quadcore macbooks and mac minis...
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I am hoping (have been for a while) for quadcore macbooks. I don't think they will bump the mini now, since they just did that end of last year.

I think we are going to get an iSlate, as well as update macpros (lots of talk of those i9 chips or something).
 
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MacBook Pro refresh, agree on 10.7 road map above, iSlate (or whatever they call it).

Aperture possibly as agreed, it is overdue.
 
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1. New update on the Mac Pros.

2. New Apple MacBook Pros with Intel i5.

3. The New iSlate.

What time in SA do we get the news? 20h00, 22h00?
 
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13" MBP with i3 processor
15" MBP with i5 processor
17" MBP with i7 processor

Aperture 3

iSlab, iPad, iSlate

OS4
 
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Apparently they invited Game reviewers to the show.

Maybe they have ported DirectX? ;)
 
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bwana said:
If there isnt I'm shifting to Lightroom.
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I'm happy to wait until it is released (at least for a few more months), to see if it addresses my concerns.

Have you tried Capture One yet? I'm really liking the results I'm getting with it. But I miss Aperture's organisational awesomeness.
 
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koffiejunkie said:
I'm happy to wait until it is released (at least for a few more months), to see if it addresses my concerns.

Have you tried Capture One yet? I'm really liking the results I'm getting with it. But I miss Aperture's organisational awesomeness.
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Havent tried capture one but I've got Lightroom 3 beta and it's good enough that if Aperture 3 doesnt ship soon I'm shifting over.
 
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bwana said:
Havent tried capture one but I've got Lightroom 3 beta and it's good enough that if Aperture 3 doesnt ship soon I'm shifting over.
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Do give it a try. It's in roughly the same price range, and there's a 30 day trial available too. The interface is a bit bewildering for my Aperture mind, but I'm getting better with it.

It's got all the lens corrections built in, and proper NR. I'm getting results as good as, if not better than what I get with Noise Ninja, and I don't have to round-trip to it. It seems to do a better job of decoding the CR2 files too.
 
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